Post-takeover shuffling sends VP of content, together with execs Heather Conway, Errol Da Ré and Jackie Saad, to the exit. Social network blogtv.ca going dark after just six months

Animation industry expected to approach $160 billion by 2008, says Toon Boom boss at opening of Television Animation Conference

Veteran newspaperman John Cruickshank to take over as publisher of CBC News, returning to Canada after a seven-year run at the Chicago Sun-Times

Days of Darkness has been sent to Hollywood for consideration at the Oscars, looking to repeat the best foreign-language glory of its predecessor The Barbarian Invasions

Docs Cracked, Not Broken and Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom and Pop picked up for worldwide distribution, set to debut at next month’s MIPCOM

Tenth annual copro meet up in Halifax draws a crowd, including Peter Greenaway and French producer Georges Campana. Camelia Frieberg reports ‘good progress’ on her new projects

Sarah Polley’s Away from Her has already shipped more units than Mongrel’s last homemade hit, Water, and the distrib hopes an Oscar nod will move a few more

Toronto shop will take CG preschooler series to MIPCOM along with recent addition Clang Invasion

London outfit will represent all factual entertainment formats from the network, starting with The Next Great Leader

Theater impresario Garth Drabinsky is aiming to add a little sophistication to reality TV. Triple Sensation, a series he’s producing and appearing in, is aimed at finding Canadians who are talented in three areas: singing, dancing and acting.

With a pair of well-received films at TIFF this year and a number of announcements out of his new releasing shingle, Robert Lantos has re-established himself as the top buzz-maker on the Canadian film scene.

Like a phoenix arisen from the ashes, Alliance is back, and Victor is at the helm.